I believe I have the most beautiful friends, who somehow always end up being artists' muses. This is a painting of my gorgeous Thai-Chinese friend Sue Ann, who has exotic features and a strong solid character that is as exquisite as her face and background. This was cropped from the original picture she sent to get rid of extra white spaces, but the power captured in this piece is still so breathtakingly beautiful, don't you agree? 

I've gotten feedback and comments from some of my lovely readers, who tell me how much this site has inspired them, to feel more, do more, and be more. I'd like to say thank you very much for your encouragement and compliments, because my greatest goal in life is to be an inspiration to those surrounding me. I've realized that we can't choose the lot life gives us, but through the law of attraction, we can attract the good and positive things through our choice in thoughts and actions. Every thought and action is a decision we can make for oursevles, and every step of our lives will be somehow influenced by this very act of choosing. Here's a collage of black and white words that I find very very worthy of your 2 minutes of time.  

Another painting which I found myself unable to tear my eyes away from, was this painting which I saw sitting in Emilce's workshop on the first day I was there. I still don't know if it was Emilce's painting or one of her students, but I am amazed by the beautiful combination of both the cool turquoise tones and the warm orangey-auburn shades that this painting displays. The contrast reminds me of up and down, old and new, modern and traditional, ugly and beautiful. Truly inspirational.

As I mentioned before, I have a fascination (close to obsession) with sunsets. So sometime last year, I made a collage of two sunset paintings which I did in the latter half of 2011. Sunsets bring me peace, because while sunsets brings the day to a close, the sun always, always, rises again.

For the past one year, I've been attending Emilce's paint workshop, where she teaches us the art of acrylic painting and has a showcase of wonderful pieces created by both her and her many art students. During my first few classes, I was so awed by the level of artwork that I couldn't help but take pictures of some masterpieces. This one was painted by a student (I still have no idea who) and its so beautiful. Just two colours in varying shades and tones, and you get transported into the woods, a picturesquely captivating autumn landscape.

This is a drawing of my beautiful Spanish teacher Veronica, drawn by her painter friend in Spain.

According to her, her friend had a dream one night of her praying and meditating, and the next morning he woke up full of inspiration. He set out to work, and very soon had this drawing done. He called her immediately after finishing the piece, and scanned a copy for her.

Now this is the copy which hangs on her wall, adorning her house, a prayer to the gods, a show of her meditative spirit.

Indeed, she meditates, she holds Reiki unification sessions, she has a peace that spreads and vibrates from her being. This is probably why she has inspired her friend, and probably many others as well.

Te quiero Vero!!